The programme includes Beethoven’s overture to the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus, the Concerto for Two Violins by Ukrainian composer Vitaliy Hubarenko (1934-2000) and the Symphony No.1 by Polish composer Witold Maliszewski (1873-1939).
Two acclaimed Ukrainian violinists Valeriy Sokolov and Andrii Murza are the soloists in Hubarenko’s work.
Poland’s Norbert Twórczyński, who is to appear on the conductor’s podium, has told Polish Radio 2, the public broadcaster’s music-and-arts channel, that he selected Maliszewski’s Symphony because of the composer’s links with Ukraine.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Maliszewski served as the first rector of the music conservatory in Odessa, which was the first institution of its kind in Ukraine. In addition to running the administrative affairs of the conservatory, Maliszewski was in charge of the class of composition, harmony and orchestral performance.
After settling in Poland in the 1920s, Maliszewski became the first teacher of composition of Witold Lutosławski, then in his early teens.
The Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine was founded in 2016 by internationally renowned conductor Oksana Lyniv and has performed across Europe. In August, they performed at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.
Its concert in Poznań is part of the Ukrainian Spring, a series of events showcasing new trends in Ukrainian culture and promoting joint Polish-Ukrainian creative projects.
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